Averil — unisex name

What the Data Says About Averil

The Social Security Administration has registered 403 babies named Averil between 1895 and 2014, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Averil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Averil is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 43 additional births since 1924.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Averil performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Averil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Averil in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 403 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.